Tanzania is 1.89× the size of Spain

Tanzania covers about 942,000 km² (364,000 mi²) and Spain about 499,000 km² (193,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

942,000km²Tanzania
499,000km²Spain

200 km

Tanzania
Spain

Outlines show main territory. Spain also has about 7,440 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Spain is 53% of the size of Tanzania.
Tanzania is larger by 442,000 km² (171,000 mi²), which is 89% of the area of Spain.
Measured in Belgiums: Tanzania is about 30.7, Spain about 16.3.

How they differ

Tanzania also has the larger population: 57.3 million against 48.6 million, 1.18× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 96 in Spain against 61 in Tanzania: Spain is 1.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tanzania at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Spain at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Tanzania as 1.11× the size of Spain instead of 1.89×.
Together Tanzania and Spain cover 1,441,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 8.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 442,000 km², is about the size of Sweden (446,000 km²).
At Spain's density, Tanzania would have 90.3 million people (it has 57.3 million). At Tanzania's density, Spain would have 30.9 million (it has 48.6 million).
Spain's centre is 46.6° of latitude, about 5,180 km, farther north than Tanzania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tanzania	1.89×
More people	Tanzania	1.18×
More crowded	Spain	1.57×
Farther north	Spain	46.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Spain	1.7× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tanzania	Spain
Belgium 30,700 km²	30.7×	16.3×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.86×	2.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.63×	1.40×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.52×	1.34×
France 548,000 km²	1.72×	0.91×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.30×	0.16×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.11×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.10×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Tanzania	Spain
Area, main territory	942,000 km²364,000 mi²	499,000 km²193,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	942,000 km²	507,000 km²
Population	57.3 millionWikidata, 2017	48.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	61 per km²	96 per km²
Official area	947,000 km²Wikidata	506,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dodoma	Madrid
Latitude range	12°S to 1°S	35°N to 44°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 947,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 942,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 506,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 507,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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